Rent and its Discontents - A Century of Housing Struggle (Hardcover)

The 1915 Rent Strikes in Glasgow, along with similar campaigns across the UK, catalysed rent restrictions and eventually public housing as a right, with a legacy of progressive improvement in UK housing through the central decades of the 20th century. With the decimation of social housing and the resurgence of a profoundly exploitative private housing market, the contemporary political economy of housing now shares many distressing features with the situation one hundred years ago. Starting with a re-appraisal of the Rent Strikes, this book asks what housing campaigners can learn today from a proven organisational victory for the working class. A series of investigative accounts from scholar-activists and housing campaign groups across the UK charts the diverse aims, tactics and strategies of current urban resistance, seeking to make a vital contribution to the contemporary housing question in a time of crisis.

General

Imprint:	ECPR Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Transforming Capitalism
Release date:	September 2018
Editors:	Neil Gray
Dimensions:	238 x 158 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	294
ISBN-13:	978-1-78660-574-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Embargos & sanctions Promotions
LSN:	1-78660-574-0
Barcode:	9781786605740

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